Here Is What Is

Director: Adam Vollick, Adam Samuels & Daniel Lanois
Cast: Brian Eno, Brian Blade, Billy Bob Thornton, Garth Hudson, Emmylou Harris, Sinead O'Connor, Daniel Lanois, Willie Nelson, U2, Arron Neville
Format: HDCam   Runtime: 93 minutes
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screening in: Special Screenings

Screening Times

1:30 PM, Sunday March 9th - Alamo Lamar 1
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12:00 PM, Wednesday March 12th - Alamo Ritz 2
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2:30 PM, Thursday March 13th - Alamo Ritz 2
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Synopsis:
'Here Is What Is' is a sonic journey to the source of the art in the recording studio. It is an invitation to experience a year of creation, looking over Daniel Lanois' shoulder. The songs featured throughout the film are true to the dedication of documenting a live take off the floor. Garth Hudson, one of Canada's National treasures opens the film with a timeless piano performance. Lanois takes us with him to Morocco to philosophize with his old friend Brian Eno and to record in a stunning courtyard with U2. Daniel joins Brian Blade in Shreveport at his Father's Zion Baptist Church for a roaring rendition of 'This May Be The Last Time'. Adam Vollick captures a rare Lanois performance mix in a voyeuristic, magic carpet ride above the console, while Daniel explains his moves and musical reasons for making them. His psychedelic past emerges throughout the film as the hyperrealism of the in-studio documentation is contrasted by moments of wild fantasia.

Director's Bio:
ADAM VOLLICKAdam grew up in rural Canada, a great place for a child'simagination to wander. He fell in love with photography at a young age and began studying it in high school. Ever since he has been using his technical abilities and his imagination to experiment with the boundaries of photography in all forms. Vollick states,"I view the camera as a tool for expression, more like a paintbrush than a photocopier." He recently served as Co-Director, Editor and Cinematographer in the making of a film called "Here is What is", about the creative process of acclaimed Canadian record producer Daniel Lanois (U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris, Willie Nelson...), that debuted to critical praise at the Toronto International Film Festival (09/2007). He is currently working on a relative motion study of ballet dancers that he is very excited about, and taking "Here is What is" to other film festivals around the world. His artistic mission is to prove that no matter who you are, anything is within your reach."Here Is What Is" is his first film.
ADAM SAMUELSAdam SamuelsBorn in Toronto in 1975. Currently lives and works in Los Angeles as a recording engineer.'Here is What Is' is his first film.
DANIEL LANOISThis first time film maker originally from Quebec is finally responding to what people have been asking him to do for thirty years, which is to show the creative process of his work in the recording studio. Mr. Lanois, one of Canada's musical exports in a quiet way has helped catapult the careers of many of our favorite artists to high artistic commercial places. Technology is easy to measure but heart and soul is not. Lanois has ridden the constant wave of change and finds himself right back where he started embracing passion and people. The people in the room have always been his power and his contagious commitment is still his vital ingredient. What drives people is what interests Lanois, he doesn't like to talk about it because it might then disappear.